The renowned hand specialist ""openly reduced and internally fixated the fracture.'' Choo is expected to be sidelined from eight to 10 weeks, which means he might not return until the first week in September.

Triple-A Columbus (52-26) - The Clippers dropped their third consecutive game, 5-1, to visiting Gwinnett at Huntington Park...The Braves took control of the game after INF RUBEN GOTAY and C WILKIN CASTILLO hit two-run home runs in the top of the second inning and never looked back...Columbus' only run came on a fourth-inning solo home run by 2B JASON KIPNIS, who went 2-for-4...Despite striking out nine batters, RHP COREY KLUBER (4-5, 6.25 ERA) was tagged with the loss, having allowed four runs on six hits in seven innings...OF TIM FEDROFF, who was promoted to Columbus from Double-A Akron, went 1-for-3 in his debut...LHP JOHAN FLANDE (3-4) picked up the win for Gwinnett after limiting the Clippers to a run on four hits in 5 1/3 innings.

PHOENIX: About a week ago, manager Manny Acta was lamenting that his team had problems stringing hits together, and that virtually the only time the Tribe scored was when someone hit a home run, which is exactly how the Tribe beat the Diamondbacks 5-4 Monday night at Chase Field.

Orlando Cabrera entered the game to play second in the seventh, when Acta executed a double switch to bring Tony Sipp in from the bullpen. When Cabrera came to the plate for the first time in the ninth, he watched ball one from A.J. Putz, then hacked away at the second pitch, sending a fly ball just over the wall in left to snap a 4-4 tie.

“”Manny knows that I hit Putz very well,’’ Cabrera said. “”He knows if it’s late in the game and I get a pitch, I have a pretty good chance. The ball just made it into that little corner; it was kind of scary. But everybody knows the ball flies in here.’’

Triple-A (52-25) - The host Clippers lost their second consecutive game against Gwinnett, 8-5, at Huntington Park...Holding a 5-3 lead in the top of the ninth and two outs, 3B LONNIE CHISENHALL misplayed a ground ball, which allowed the Braves to score and close the gap within one run. With the bases loaded, Columbus closer RHP JOSH JUDY (11 saves) gave up a grand slam to DH CHRIS CARTER to give the Braves a three-run lead...OF JERAD HEAD finished the day 2-for-5, including hitting a grand slam in the third inning which put Columbus up 5-2...INF JASON KIPNIS, CHISENHALL and INF LUIS VALBUENA each contributed two hits for the Clippers.

Multiple sources are reporting that the struggling Indians have called up third base and No. 1 prospect Lonnie Chisenhall in an effort to jump start their ailing ofense.

The Indians begin a three-game series tonight in Arizona after being swept in three games in San Francisco, a series in which the Tribe mustered only four runs and went 2-for-22 with runners in scoring position.

Indians mior leaguers LHP Drew Pomeranz and 2B Jason Kipnis were named to the XM All-Star Futures Game US Team Roster Thursday.

The July 10th XM All-Star Futures Game begins at 6 p.m. and features many of the top Minor League prospects in baseball. Each Major League organization is represented and the World Team features players from 12 different countries and territories outside the 50 United States. Players from all full-season Minor Leagues were eligible to participate.

Triple-A Columbus (50-23) - In his first action since June 11, 3B LONNIE CHISENHALL had four hits to lead the Clippers to their 14th win in 15 games with a 13-7 victory over Toledo. Chisenhall, who suffered a concussion while sliding into third base in Buffalo, went 4-for-6 with a home run, triple and a career-high six RBI. Chishenhall's three-run shot in the top of the eighth inning broke a 7-7 tie and put the Columbus up for good...OF EZEQUIEL CARRERA went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored...INF LUIS VALBUENA hit a three-run home run in the third inning, going 2-for-4...RHP CARLTON SMITH (2-1, 4.50 ERA) pitched two hitless innings to pick up the winas the Clippers collected 14 hits.

CLEVELAND: Career shortstop Orlando Cabrera became a second baseman when he signed with the Indians before the season. Now he is being asked to play third.

Cabrera is in the lineup at third tonight instead of Jack Hannahan against Colorado righty Juan Nicasio. Even though Hannahan bats from the left side, he will be on the bench. But there are other priorities.

Triple-A Columbus (47-23) - The Clippers have won 11 of their last 12 games following a 2-0 victory over Scranton Wilkes-Barre in the final game of a four-game series at PNC Field...LHP DAVID HUFF (6-2, 3.64 ERA) recorded his third consecutive dominant performance in tossing seven shutout innings while scattering just four hits...RHP JOSH JUDY pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 10th save of the season...Columbus scored both of its run on solo home runs from OF CHAD HUFFMAN (in the second inning) and C LUKE CARLIN (in the fifth inning)...OF EZEQUIEL CARRERA and DH NICK JOHNSON each went 2-for-4.

CLEVELAND: Just when the Indians appear to be emerging from their month-long batting slump, they decided to fire hitting coach Jon Nunnally.

The public announcement seldom includes the genuine reasons for making a change. In this case, manager Manny Acta said, ""We've been scuffling for awhile. We felt like we needed a new voice. Jon worked very hard; he had a great work ethic. I know that players play and coaches coach, but we needed a new voice.''

CLEVELAND: Matt LaPorta made a mistake running the bases and paid for it two ways: He made the first out of the third inning and sprained his right ankle, forcing him to leave tonight's game, won by the Tribe 5-1 over the Pirates.

""X-rays were negative,'' manager Manny Acta saqid. ""He haqs as right ankle sprqaing and will have an MRI in the mrning,'';

Triple-A Columbus (44-22) - The Clippers extended their winning streak to eight consecutive games with a 7-3 win over the Bisons to sweep the four-game series at Coca-Cola Field...LHP SCOTT BARNES (5-1, 3.97) ERA became the fifth Clippers pitcher to record five wins this season after limting the Bisons to a run while scattering five hits and striking out seven in 5 1/3 innings...OF CHAD HUFFMAN led the offense in going 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored - including a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning that increased the Clippers lead to five runs...INF JASON KIPNIS had two triples and went 2-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored...OF JERAD HEAD’s two-run home run was the highlight of the sixth inning, as he went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored...RHP JEANMAR GOMEZ was named the Indians Minor League Player of the Week for the week of June 6-12. The 23-year old was 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in two starts for the Clippers. On the season he is 6-1 with a 2.28 ERA in nine starts at Columbus.

DETROIT: The rained out games of May 14 and 15 against Seattle will be made up in August and September.

The May 14 game has been rescheduled at 1 p.m. Aug. 23 as part of a day-night, separate admission doubleheader at Progressive Field. The originally scheduled game that day will begin at 7 o'clock. A Sept. 19 mutual off day for both teams will be used to make up the May 15 washout. The reescheduled game will begin at 4 p.m.

Fans holding tickets for the May 14 or May 15 games can use them for admission to Aug. 23 or Sept. 19 makeup contests, respectively. They can also exchange their tickets for another game on the home schedule.

The season for young RHP Jason Knapp came to an official end Tuesday when he underwent should surgery in New York.

The big, 6-foot-5, 242-pounder was obtained in the Cliff Lee to Philadelphia trade in 2009. He has yet to pitch above the low Class-A level since joining the Indians. Yet, his talent potential speaks for itself, as Baseball America ranked Knapp the sixth best prospect in the Indians minor league system heading into this season.

""I felt something had to be done,'' Acta said this afternoon. ""We've averaged less than three runs a game for the last 18. Those two guys (Cabrera, Brantley) have been our most consistent hitters the last two months, so they should be in the middle of the lineup. Santana has the opportunity to contribute with his on-base percentage.

NEW YORK: The Indians still insist that Mitch Talbot didn't hit Alex Rodriguez with a pitch intentionally on Saturday and the circumstances surrounding the event would seem to bear that out.

Nevertheless, Talbot could be in line for a fine and even a suspension, depending on how the umpires framed their report to the commissioner's office and the way Major League Baseball officials view the incident.

""I think I would appeal if they did give me a suspension,'' Talbot said Sunday.

Triple-A Columbus (40-22) - The Clippers topped Rochester 7-1 for their fourth consecutive win...LHP SCOTT BARNES (4-1, 4.21 ERA) tossing seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out eight...Columbus got on the board first on DH SHELLY DUNCAN’s sacrifice fly in the first inning... INF JARED GOEDERT added a two-run home run, followed by a solo home run by INF JASON KIPNIS to make the score 4-0 before adding three more runs in the fifth inning...Kipnis went 3-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored...Goedert went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored and INF LUIS VALBUENA went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored.

Indians executive vice president and general manager Chris Antonetti and Cleveland Indians Manny Acta spoke to fans and and answered questions as part of the Summer Sports Series at Landerhaven in Beachwood Thursday. Here's Acta and Antonetti's opinions on some of the questions that were rasied:

Acta on how the role of the American League DH has changed: "Some people don't want to hear our answers at times when it comes to that. It has evolved to a point where just about every team is trying to stay away from having a strict designated hitter type of guy, which is our situation with Travis (Hafner), who is one of our best hitters and very productive for us.

The Indians wrapped up the 2011 MLB amateur draft early Wednesday evening by including a local Cleveland product in their final 20 picks on Day Three.With the 41st section (1,238th overall), the Tribe tabbed 6-foot-3, 180-pound outfielder Brian Ruiz from Lincoln West High School."He played in the Cleveland Indians RBI program in the past and then played in the Senate League Championship game here at Progressive Field this year," said Brad Grant, the Indians fourth-year director of amateur scouting.Grant said Ruiz's athleticism stood out."He's a very good athlete, has the ability to hit and play centerfield," Grant said. "We'll follow him over the summer, he's going to play on some summer teams here in Cleveland. So we'll get a chance to watch him play a little further here during the summer."Grant said there's still talent to found among the final day's drafting activities."These rounds still provide some kind of major league talent for us, so we take these (late) rounds seriously...We've found we have had some success in these later rounds and wanted to continue to build on that. A lot of our success in these later rounds have been pitching."He mentioned current Indians left-handed reliever Tony Sipp (45th round in 2004) as an Indians late-round acquisition that panned out well for the big league club.Here's Grant's overall thoughts on the Indians 2011 draft class:"We kind of knew it was going to be a deep pitching draft," he said. "It seemed like there just weren't as many position in this draft as there has been in the past. So we kind of leaned towards pitching and came out with a lot of it."What we were trying to do later in the draft was add high school pitchers and college pitchers with power arms and then just mix in some up-side position players at the same time."

CLEVELAND: Now that Cord Phelps is here, what is manager Manny Acta going to do with him?

""He'll play the majority of the time at second base against right-handers,'' Acta said. ""Hopefully, he can give us a spark. The big thing is that our offense is struggling, and we're trying to maximize every position on the field, especially with Travis (Hafner) not being here and a couple of other guys not swinging to their capabilities.''

The old saying in baseball is that a team can never have enough pitching, and so the Indians selected another right-handed pitcher - William Roberts - with their fifth-round selection Tuesday on the second day of the 2011 MLB amateur draft.

The 6-foot-5, 195-pound Roberts is a junior at the University of Virgina and is the 158th overall player taken.

CLEVELAND: Manager Manny Acta made no projection about when Jack Hannahan would return to the lineup, but he said head trainer Lonnie Soloff told him that no extensive tests were planned on his tight left hamstring.

""Lonnie didn't think it was serious,'' said Acta after the Tribe's 11-2 loss to the Rangers tonight.

Triple-A Columbus (35-18) - After winning eight-of-nine games, the Clippers have dropped three consecutive contests with a 5-4 loss to host Durham at Durham Athletic Park...Columbus got off to a slow start and trailed 4-1 after six innings until INF WES HODGES hit a three-run home run in the seventh to tie the game...But Bulls INF RUSS CANZLER answered with a RBI single in the bottom of the inning to hand RHP JOE MARTINEZ (4-2, 4.73 ERA), the loss...RHP COREY KLUBER (3-3, 6.32 ERA) started for the Clippers and gave up four runs on 10 hits and two walks over six innings in the no-decision...DH LONNIE CHISENHALL went 2-for-4 with a run scored...OF CHAD HUFFMAN also went 2-for-4 with a RBI.

TORONTO: Asdrubal Cabrera came up a surprising second in the first announced American League All-Star Game balloting today.

Only Derek Jeter of the Yankees received more votes at shortstop (931,410 to 672,105). Second baseman Orlando Cabrera, designated hitter Travis Hafner and catcher Carlos Santana are fourth at their positions. Grady Sizemore is eighth among outfielders, and Shin-Soo Choo is 12th.

Triple-A Columbus (35-17) - Clippers RHP ZACH MCALLISTER (7-1, 2.42 ERA) suffered his first loss of the season in a 4-1 loss to host Durham. McAllister allowed three runs on six hits and three walks, while striking out three in eight innings...Columbus got on the scoreboard first with INF LUIS VALBUENA’s RBI single in the third inning, but McAllister gave up a solo home run in the fourth inning to tie the game...With two on and one out in the sixth inning, McAllister dished up another homer, this time a three-run shot to the reigning International League player of the year in INF DAN JOHNSON that accounted for the game’s final three runs...Meanwhile, the Clippers hitters managed just two hits against Bulls starter and RHP BRIAN BAKER (4-3, 5.44 ERA), who struck out six in seven innings to earn the win...In addition to Valbuena, C PAUL PHILLIPS had the Clippers only other hit - a double in the third inning. After Phillips came home on Valbuena's hit to score Columbus’ only run, the Clippers were hitless after the third inning.